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if you just take what speaker boehner said yesterday, grover's in trouble. he said i'm putting revenue on the table. no one has been able to say that definitively and get away with it and move forward with actually putting revenue on the table in the form of tax spending. just in louisiana, we spend $3 billion in tax spending alone. you know, there's an obsession from my governor's perspective with spending just on the tax side and corporate welfare. >> speaking of your governor, he's also my governor. as soon as we come back, i have got a letter to my governor. you all know you love my dears. mine is to dear bobby jindal when we come back. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. to make amazing sfx- "sounds of african drum and flute" look who's back. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can t
if you just take what speaker boehner said yesterday, grover's in trouble. he said i'm putting revenue on the table. no one has been able to say that definitively and get away with it and move forward with actually putting revenue on the table in the form of tax spending. just in louisiana, we spend $3 billion in tax spending alone. you know, there's an obsession from my governor's perspective with spending just on the tax side and corporate welfare. >> speaking of your governor, he's...
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before leaving washington this week, in an essay for "time" magazine on thanksgiving, house speaker john boehner invoked the settlers, who celebrated the first thanksgiving and observed that by the goodness of god, we are so far from want. i pray all americans are able to enjoy the lord's blessings this holiday in good health and happiness. you know who wasn't able to enjoy this holiday, the 47 million people whose food benefits were automatically cut a month ago and who face even more hardship courtesy of the republican effort to cut food stamp funds by $39 billion. you brought this up a moment ago, raul. this idea that maybe part of who the public is talking about are lawmakers. let's get together and enjoy god's blessings, well, actually, we'll need resources to do that. >> right, not everybody can do it. and i thought it was such an important point you touched upon. if everyone has ever thought about the timing of the benefits, because anyone who has ever lived ton food stamps, you are obsessed with the end of the month, because you have to make things -- the resources stretch until that tim
before leaving washington this week, in an essay for "time" magazine on thanksgiving, house speaker john boehner invoked the settlers, who celebrated the first thanksgiving and observed that by the goodness of god, we are so far from want. i pray all americans are able to enjoy the lord's blessings this holiday in good health and happiness. you know who wasn't able to enjoy this holiday, the 47 million people whose food benefits were automatically cut a month ago and who face even...
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he convinced boehner that if the party could not win, they could refuse to cooperate. they passed a bill in 2009, but it was without a single republican vote in the house of representatives. biden was gaining power by whispering in the president's ear, and canter was getting power by shouting in the president's face. symbolically, of course. >> i will keep talking to eric cantor and some day, sooner or later, he is going to say obama had a good idea. >> but what we know is that canter was not interested in finding common ground with the president, but interested in remaking the republican party. as a leader of the so-called "young guns" on the hill, canter was recruiting like-minded candidates for the midterms. he called them, coached them and answered the text messages and raised lots and lots of money tor them and through his pac in 2010, canter donated $657,000 to soon to be new members of the house, and he helped to raise millions more for their campaigns, and when the 112th congress was seated with 87 gop freshmen, eric canter had a lot of new allies. his party wa
he convinced boehner that if the party could not win, they could refuse to cooperate. they passed a bill in 2009, but it was without a single republican vote in the house of representatives. biden was gaining power by whispering in the president's ear, and canter was getting power by shouting in the president's face. symbolically, of course. >> i will keep talking to eric cantor and some day, sooner or later, he is going to say obama had a good idea. >> but what we know is that...
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the reason you are hearing boehner ask what are you going to cut? they want the president to put some ideas on the table. all of the bad ideas, they are all coming from the republican party. they are espousing all the ideas the people hate. they want the president to put some popular ideas out there e has no incentive to do so. we are going to come back. there us a character here of the anti-tax campaign. no official leadership rule but a brutal character. yes, grover norquist. is his clout finally starting to sleep with the fishes? that's next. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> i suppose republicans in congress didn't learn their lesson about grover norquist when he was imbroiled in the dirty dealings of jack abramhauf. they are now. they finally realize he is not a voting member of the body. now, republican sena
the reason you are hearing boehner ask what are you going to cut? they want the president to put some ideas on the table. all of the bad ideas, they are all coming from the republican party. they are espousing all the ideas the people hate. they want the president to put some popular ideas out there e has no incentive to do so. we are going to come back. there us a character here of the anti-tax campaign. no official leadership rule but a brutal character. yes, grover norquist. is his clout...
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. >> i would even say keep these conversations loud and public and also show john boehner, if john boehner is going to be blaming everybody else but john boehner for being owe not being able to poll this red ants that infested his regions what can't get done, let's just see what that's about. because this is a democracy. this isn't the president's mandate. it's everybody's mandate. >> i want to set two things next to each other. on the one hand, we had a letter in the washington post to the president and to the congress from sort of the group that had supported the president, big labor and others and they made it very clear. the 2012 elections are over. the american people have spoken. we've voted for the middle class, putting people back to work and not job killing budget cuts and not attacking social security and medicare and medicate. this is what they're saying. on the other hand, we have boehner who won a majority in the house of representatives. here's what he said thursday to diane sawyer about raising taxes. >> is it on the table to talk about it? >> i made clear -- >> the wealthie
. >> i would even say keep these conversations loud and public and also show john boehner, if john boehner is going to be blaming everybody else but john boehner for being owe not being able to poll this red ants that infested his regions what can't get done, let's just see what that's about. because this is a democracy. this isn't the president's mandate. it's everybody's mandate. >> i want to set two things next to each other. on the one hand, we had a letter in the washington...
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>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the speakership. so he has technically thrown it to the senate. constitutionally it has to go through both houses. >> just constitutional ly. minor detail. >> and boehner is constitutionally dammed because he is getting out of it and burned too much. so if reid and mcconnell can get through the deal that is not filibustered, they have to amend a bill in the house that extends the tax cuts for everybody, and gut that bill, because it has to emerge from there, and then fill it, and hope and pray that boehner can find 30 republicans to vote for it. >> that is the story that you feel when the president is saying that
>> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not jeopardize the...
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i want to take a look at boehner saying this about aca repeal. this just happened, in which boehner says, "the heavy emphasis will be on oversight. the law cannot truly been fixed, so we'll have to make the case for repeal by highlighting the endless negative consequences of the law." that is a spokesman for house speaker boehner who said those things. but then i want to listen to some sound from congressman mcdermott, who says that congressmen ought to run on aca. >> for the first time, many people have health care. and that's going to be an issue that democrats, i think, can run on and be very proud of. and the other side will have a hard time explaining why it is good for people to have health insurance. >> that's congressman mcdermott speaking to my friend, thomas roberts, here on msnbc. so what do you think, is obamacare once again the national issue on which these local elections will be taught? >> most likely, but again, it depends. i agree with julian's take on how you have to respond nationally. because if a republican candidate says som
i want to take a look at boehner saying this about aca repeal. this just happened, in which boehner says, "the heavy emphasis will be on oversight. the law cannot truly been fixed, so we'll have to make the case for repeal by highlighting the endless negative consequences of the law." that is a spokesman for house speaker boehner who said those things. but then i want to listen to some sound from congressman mcdermott, who says that congressmen ought to run on aca. >> for the...
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and boehner career clearly -- boehner clearly has been unable to do that. but ideology is different so you cannot just describe the women to behave in that way, so it is gender, but also ideology. >> and with the cross cut, mrs. edelman, what is the thing that you would ask the 113th congress to do relative to the policy immediately on children's poverty issues? >> we have to have a jobs program and we have to have the strong early childhood system that includes comprehensive child care to help people work and not sacrifice their children and we have to begin to break in and prevent and intervene early and karen has gotten something through to help foster care children, but we have to have a get a first rate quality system to foster children, and break this cycle of dependency. >> and maybe it is the inauguration era, but i am feeling that the 113th congress is going to feel different and actually do something that the 112th can't, and i am going to speak that to the world that it is the o be the truth. okay. don't go away here in nerdland, because we are s
and boehner career clearly -- boehner clearly has been unable to do that. but ideology is different so you cannot just describe the women to behave in that way, so it is gender, but also ideology. >> and with the cross cut, mrs. edelman, what is the thing that you would ask the 113th congress to do relative to the policy immediately on children's poverty issues? >> we have to have a jobs program and we have to have the strong early childhood system that includes comprehensive child...
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i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen again. all the tax hikes and cuts will go away and i can propose the obama tax cut for 98% of americans. >> it's interesting. there is this other place where i buy that the press is a process president and would argue for it on domestic politics. he is a a different duck in the foreign policy land. many liberals would have a critique of some of his lack of process in some of the foreign policy stuff. is part of what he's saying that the recalcitrance of the republican house might bring out that aspect of president obama? >> well, i think there are two things. first, i think steve is absolutely correct. the republicans forced his hand. by showi
i think when boehner pulled back and could not deliver a single republican vote for a tax hike, i think that was instructive for obama that these guys are never going to cooperate for me particularly on taxes. there's a much more pop pew louse tone. my guess, this is a guess, but my guess is this is a bottom line issue to him. it bothers him. it really bothers him how they behaved with the debt ceiling. he looks at this as it's not going to happen again. all the tax hikes and cuts will go away...
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>> well, we've been asking for boehner to allow for a vote to happen. and he's consistently said even this week he cavalierly said he wouldn't make a prediction on the issue, but this is a pressing issue. as you said, when people are doing a fast, there's a level of urgency. you see it in their faces, and it has moved a number of democratic lead er and a very fw republican leaders to come down and visit with us. but speaker boehner has continuously punted and moved the ball down. we want them to allow a vote. as president obama said, this is something they agree on and something you see in the tent the large number of constituents from around the country believe in. i've heard numbers of 70% of americans believe in a pathway to citizenship for immigrant families in our communities. so we want something to happen and we want it to happen now. >> phillip, stay with us for a moment. i want to ask you about this effort, amy, because that sense of urgency philly talked about, the idea that people are willing to go without food to try to move forward a vote o
>> well, we've been asking for boehner to allow for a vote to happen. and he's consistently said even this week he cavalierly said he wouldn't make a prediction on the issue, but this is a pressing issue. as you said, when people are doing a fast, there's a level of urgency. you see it in their faces, and it has moved a number of democratic lead er and a very fw republican leaders to come down and visit with us. but speaker boehner has continuously punted and moved the ball down. we want...
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and the person at the top is john boehner. but he only has 10%. and if you look at all the other names, rubio, mccain, paul rand, paul ryan, they're all down there, but this is my favorite, nobody is. or, i have no idea. the vast majority end up saying either nobody is, or i don't know. and as much of a mess that seems to indicate the republican party is, i look at virginia, where you've got cuccinelli, you know, tied to mcdonnell, all of this drama, and yet he's neck and neck with mcauliffe, because apparently the virginia democratic party couldn't do any better. and i think, well, yeah, that's a mess, but if we don't have any candidates, that's going to be how it is. >> it takes a horse to beat a horse in every single election. and it's amazing to me that we are at a place in our country where lindsey graham and successionby chapmbliss and thee people are considered to be moderates. in 2002, when they were running, and we all ran against them as the most conservative right-wingers you could possibly imagine. you know, john mccain faced this figh
and the person at the top is john boehner. but he only has 10%. and if you look at all the other names, rubio, mccain, paul rand, paul ryan, they're all down there, but this is my favorite, nobody is. or, i have no idea. the vast majority end up saying either nobody is, or i don't know. and as much of a mess that seems to indicate the republican party is, i look at virginia, where you've got cuccinelli, you know, tied to mcdonnell, all of this drama, and yet he's neck and neck with mcauliffe,...
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puts a side partisan politics aside to praise president obama, and to the kick in the pants of john boehner, it seems that you are the voice of america's frustration with washington, and as a resident of a city who knows all too well to rebuild in the wake of catastrophe i know that the people of new jersey are grateful to have you as a champion and you can e tell by the 73% approval rating and even more impressive as governor of a blue state, you get 62% approval of the democrats and 70% of women and 69% among people of color which makes you a shoe in for re-election this year, and no doubt all of the love has you feeling like it is all aboard the christie train and next stop the white house. but i need you the pump the brake, because your ability to lead people through the aftermath of a disaster is important, but it does not qualify you to be president of the united states. just ask rudy giuliani, and the "time" magazine line had it right, you are the master of disaster, but disaster struck long before hurricane sandy came ashore and hope you do a better job of presiding over the state's
puts a side partisan politics aside to praise president obama, and to the kick in the pants of john boehner, it seems that you are the voice of america's frustration with washington, and as a resident of a city who knows all too well to rebuild in the wake of catastrophe i know that the people of new jersey are grateful to have you as a champion and you can e tell by the 73% approval rating and even more impressive as governor of a blue state, you get 62% approval of the democrats and 70% of...
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now, of course, no one on their team took a bigger "l" than captain of the team house speaker john boehner, who couldn't even manage to corral his players into a hud toll agree on the game plan, not to mention letting himself get upstaged by a rookie, senator ted cruz, who emerged as a winner only because he was playing a completely different game, one where winning is measured in fund raising dollars and tea party popularity. now, americans aren't exactly in love with the democratic party either but they can still put a "w" on the board if for no other reason than such a big republican loss gives democrats a win by default. senate majority leader harry reid gets an nch nch award for holding together a strong team in the senate giving his party some backbones by sticking to his refusal to make concessions and making the final drive on the deal that finally got passed. from the playing field through all of this is democratic team captain, president obama. he mostly watched from the sidelines, taking an occasional, you know, trash-talking opportunity for the opposition while congress got the
now, of course, no one on their team took a bigger "l" than captain of the team house speaker john boehner, who couldn't even manage to corral his players into a hud toll agree on the game plan, not to mention letting himself get upstaged by a rookie, senator ted cruz, who emerged as a winner only because he was playing a completely different game, one where winning is measured in fund raising dollars and tea party popularity. now, americans aren't exactly in love with the democratic...
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republican house speaker john boehner moseyed on out of the white house with the same ole same ole to offer. >> make it clear that the president got the tax hikes on january 1st. there is a discussion about the revenue in my view is over. it is about taking on the spending problem here in washington. >> and even though he heard it all before, president obama gave some of the republican delegation the benefit of the doubt yesterday. >> i do know that there are republicans in congress who privately at least say that they would rather close tax loopholes than let these cuts go through. i know that there are democrats who would rather do smart entitlement reform rather than let the cuts go through, so there is a caucus of commonsense up there on capitol hill, but it is a silent group right now. >> of course, we are well past common sense. if we have learned nothing else from the debt deal showdown, the fiscal cliff and now the sequester, it is that putting together a fiscal plan for one of the largest economies in the world apparently has nothing to do with common sense, because here is c
republican house speaker john boehner moseyed on out of the white house with the same ole same ole to offer. >> make it clear that the president got the tax hikes on january 1st. there is a discussion about the revenue in my view is over. it is about taking on the spending problem here in washington. >> and even though he heard it all before, president obama gave some of the republican delegation the benefit of the doubt yesterday. >> i do know that there are republicans in...
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we've stayed here because speaker john boehner is unable to tame the tea party and unwilling to work with democrats to pass a clean continuing resolution that would reopen government. some might even argue president obama shares blame, because he won't negotiate piecemeal deals hastily offered by republicans, panicked by plummeting poll numbers. but in an essay published last week for think progress, reporter zach beech beauchamps offered an alternative explanation. racism caused the shutdown. he said, this isn't an article about how republicans shut down the government because they hate that the president is black. this is an historic piece connecting key political moments from the turn of the 20th century to today. after the depression, southerners became a minority in congress for the first time. in response, they innovated a minority obstruction strategy, the southern veto, to thwart progressive racial policy. those dixie dixaccurates and cot hold. dix dixiecrats succeeded and they embraced the southern strategy as a way to win national elections. what does all of this have to do
we've stayed here because speaker john boehner is unable to tame the tea party and unwilling to work with democrats to pass a clean continuing resolution that would reopen government. some might even argue president obama shares blame, because he won't negotiate piecemeal deals hastily offered by republicans, panicked by plummeting poll numbers. but in an essay published last week for think progress, reporter zach beech beauchamps offered an alternative explanation. racism caused the shutdown....
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. >> let's listen to john boehner, just for a moment. i think this is a really good point. let's take a listen to john boehner, being very optimistic about how well things are going for the republicans on this question. >> i'm trying to get them to be a little more sensitive, you know? you look around the congress, there are a lot more females in the democrat caucus than there are in the republican caucus. and you know, some of our members just aren't as sensitive as they ought to be. >> do you think you're making progress on that front? >> i do. >> they're just so sense itisen. >> he is on to something. i've got a sensitivity program for you. spend time with women, right? and there's 98 women in congress. 75% of them are in the democratic caucus. so the photos, we've seen, tell that story. and so even before you get to the policy, which is very important and related, but there will be some women republicans who have certain views and see a religious -- have a religious view of when life begins and policies associated with it. but at a larger scale, they need more women in
. >> let's listen to john boehner, just for a moment. i think this is a really good point. let's take a listen to john boehner, being very optimistic about how well things are going for the republicans on this question. >> i'm trying to get them to be a little more sensitive, you know? you look around the congress, there are a lot more females in the democrat caucus than there are in the republican caucus. and you know, some of our members just aren't as sensitive as they ought to...
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so boehner is like, everyone come down. i'm the heidi fleiss of the republican party. >> let me show people what you mean. so this is david duke talking to -- giving an interview. and what he said basically is i am going to name names. he says if scalise is going to be crucified, if republicans wabts to throw him to the woves, they ought to be looking over their shoulder. it's an absolute distraction. >> exactly. in the spirit of conversation i don't know how this helps promote conversation discussions and negotiations between the democrats and the republicans. i don't think the story has legs. yeah, david duke makes this comment and trying to get attention. but again, he made a mistake. let's move on. this is somebody who can be very constructive. but for the spirit of conversation, for the last two years of this administration and this congress i don't know what this -- you know fishing expedition, or let's look at this background, whatever. >> let me ask this. what if the thing he was talking to people about, which is re
so boehner is like, everyone come down. i'm the heidi fleiss of the republican party. >> let me show people what you mean. so this is david duke talking to -- giving an interview. and what he said basically is i am going to name names. he says if scalise is going to be crucified, if republicans wabts to throw him to the woves, they ought to be looking over their shoulder. it's an absolute distraction. >> exactly. in the spirit of conversation i don't know how this helps promote...
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we've got an rnc, but john boehner in my opinion has done a marvelous job. we'll keep the house. >> okay. on that -- >> i knew that would -- >> because that made my brain melt and flow out of my ears, that john boehner is doing an excellent job, i'm going to go to commercial on that. but i'm going to come back on exactly this question. there are 17 seats that are going to determine whether or not what katon just said is true or false. we're going to talk about those when we come back. my customers can shop around. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can make better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. an important message for an important message for americans eligible for medicare. the annual enrollment period is now open. now is the time to find the coverage that's right for you ...at the right price. the way to do that is to explore your options. you can spend hours doing that yourself ... or you can ca
we've got an rnc, but john boehner in my opinion has done a marvelous job. we'll keep the house. >> okay. on that -- >> i knew that would -- >> because that made my brain melt and flow out of my ears, that john boehner is doing an excellent job, i'm going to go to commercial on that. but i'm going to come back on exactly this question. there are 17 seats that are going to determine whether or not what katon just said is true or false. we're going to talk about those when we...
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they are looking at this sort of continuing discourse about a war on women but boehner has broken that sacred rule twice, brought votes to the floor that he knew would pass but with only a minority of his party support. is he going to keep his job? >> i can tell you that there are threats to his leadership about the sequester that's coming up if he were to break that rule. my own senator from wisconsin, senator johnson, was recently quoted as saying, hey, he should fear for his job if he were to give in on that. but i can tell you, it speaks volumes about the gerrymandering we've seen around redistricting. this is a flaw in their redistricting plan because the greater -- the greater public will out there is to do something about the sequester, is to do something about women's rights, lgbt rights, to keep our economy on an even keel, and i just think that the leadership in the house of representatives is mismatched with the general public will. >> jill, i want to ask you something about something the congresswoman has brought up twice, the sequester. we're excited we finally passed vawa
they are looking at this sort of continuing discourse about a war on women but boehner has broken that sacred rule twice, brought votes to the floor that he knew would pass but with only a minority of his party support. is he going to keep his job? >> i can tell you that there are threats to his leadership about the sequester that's coming up if he were to break that rule. my own senator from wisconsin, senator johnson, was recently quoted as saying, hey, he should fear for his job if he...
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after all, even john boehner is calling people ridiculous. >> it seems to you like in 2014 we might see a shift in house leadership? >> maybe the democrats running it possibly. but most importantly, this is a deal in which we're taking from poor children, 57,000 children out of head start. we're going to cut by a billion and a half dollars medical research that saves lyes. and we're going to add $20 billion to the pentagon, which as we all know is absolutely starved for money and can hardly put boots on soldiers' feet. >> the pentagon was an interesting one here because on the one hand we are going to add back some of the money that was cut from the sequester. but then we have military veterans and federal workers who are saying what you're doing is cutting our one percentage point cost of living increase that came with the pensions and off bipartisan agreement to do that. we're saying you guys ree tire at 40 and go work other jobs so we're going to cut back on those pensions. is that a reasonable payway to think about those tradeoffs? >> a reasonable way of looking at this is we're goi
after all, even john boehner is calling people ridiculous. >> it seems to you like in 2014 we might see a shift in house leadership? >> maybe the democrats running it possibly. but most importantly, this is a deal in which we're taking from poor children, 57,000 children out of head start. we're going to cut by a billion and a half dollars medical research that saves lyes. and we're going to add $20 billion to the pentagon, which as we all know is absolutely starved for money and...
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was disheartened to see in some logical cases of republicans sitting on their hands or watching john boehner make those faces about like he had angina or something. i don't understand. it is logic. >> and it feels like on one hand logic, but there is an ethical call here, and we were talking about the position of the catholic church which ends up aligning a way with conservative positions, but on this one, the catholic church as a world church has been to the left of much of the american political system and maybe a way to be imagining faith-based institutions to lead and building the bipartisan coalition and what it would look like? >> yes, because as you pointed out the pope is to the right of the redistribution, and the church has always been in the forefront of working with the poor. and i would hope that the religious issues in the church would move more to the middle to something like the poor rather than same-sex marriage. i am noticing that in the campaign it was middle-class, middle-class and middle-class, so it is wonderful to be looking at people least among us, so it is a huge et
was disheartened to see in some logical cases of republicans sitting on their hands or watching john boehner make those faces about like he had angina or something. i don't understand. it is logic. >> and it feels like on one hand logic, but there is an ethical call here, and we were talking about the position of the catholic church which ends up aligning a way with conservative positions, but on this one, the catholic church as a world church has been to the left of much of the american...
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among those expected to attend, house speaker john boehner and kelly ayotte, according to the report. but wealthy conservatives aren't the only ones putting their money where their politics are. one financier is about to test how well one percenter politics work to address what is often perceived as a liberal issue. democrat tom stier founded one of the world's most successful hedge funds and spent millions to help elect his candidates of choice in last year's elections, including $11 million to help terry mcauliffe to become new jersey's new governor. now stier wants to build a $100 million war chest to tackle climate change during the 2014 election season. nbc's chuck todd on friday's edition of the daily rundown asked stier about the influence of wealthy donors in politics. >> there have been some legal decision, some court decisions, which i absolutely disagree, like citizens united, which have led to this explosion of money. >> do you believe you should not be allowed to be doing this? that you should not be -- you've pledged $100 million, $50 million is your own. do you believe
among those expected to attend, house speaker john boehner and kelly ayotte, according to the report. but wealthy conservatives aren't the only ones putting their money where their politics are. one financier is about to test how well one percenter politics work to address what is often perceived as a liberal issue. democrat tom stier founded one of the world's most successful hedge funds and spent millions to help elect his candidates of choice in last year's elections, including $11 million...
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dear speaker boehner, it's me, melissa. you told the country this week that immigration reform is unlikely to happen this year because of the president? i've got to say it looks like you are the one standing in the way. i know you're aware of the widespread demonstrations showing support for reform. it's not just actionivists, mr. speak, it's american business leaders, mark zuckerberg and marissa mayer have been calling for reform. influential conservative groups have expressed support for it. 65% of americans agree that the current immigration system is either completely or mostly broken. according to a poll from just last week, 81% of americans support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who meet specific qualifications. even if your home state, ohio, where you know you run for re-election every two years, 72% of residents report that it is important for congress to enact immigration reform. but it seems like maybe you're less interested in what is good for the economy, good for immigrant families and the am
dear speaker boehner, it's me, melissa. you told the country this week that immigration reform is unlikely to happen this year because of the president? i've got to say it looks like you are the one standing in the way. i know you're aware of the widespread demonstrations showing support for reform. it's not just actionivists, mr. speak, it's american business leaders, mark zuckerberg and marissa mayer have been calling for reform. influential conservative groups have expressed support for it....
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officials including john boehner, harry reid and john mccain. and lead it to mccain to tweet out his pleasure having been sanctioned. i'm proud to be sanctioned by putin. i'll never cease my efforts and dedication to freedom. then i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off, my gazprom stock is lost and my secret bank account is frozen. the sanctions back and forth game didn't stop there. european union leaders also expanded their list of people targeted with sanctions by 12 and warn further economic measures could be taken if the situation worsens. what may be the biggest developments of all came yesterday. with putin signing a law that completed the annexation of crimea as part of the russian federation. ukraine made a bold move of its own friday when that country signed a pact with the european union. it can secure ukraine's move to the west and away from russia. at the table, assistant professor of history and security studies at valley forge college. lisa cook, associate professor of economics, whose dissertation and current resear
officials including john boehner, harry reid and john mccain. and lead it to mccain to tweet out his pleasure having been sanctioned. i'm proud to be sanctioned by putin. i'll never cease my efforts and dedication to freedom. then i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off, my gazprom stock is lost and my secret bank account is frozen. the sanctions back and forth game didn't stop there. european union leaders also expanded their list of people targeted with sanctions by 12 and warn...
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leaders of the party and they want to hold firm not only for their own re-election but to show speaker boehner, to show the senate republicans they're calling the shots. so the key is to change the dynamics in those districts. i think that's where this game can be won so that a very important piece of legislation could pass. otherwise it won't happen. >> "new york times" reported this morning at the moment all the dynamics in the district are pointing towards ways to block it. right? if you look at this "new york times" article this morning immigration poses threat of another republican rift, several republicans executives and donors who are part of a lobbying blitz coming to capitol hill next week said they are considering withholding or had already decided to withhold future financial support to republican lawmakers they believe are obstructing progress on immigration. this is an attempt to start to move the obstruction. >> one of the things we're actually going to see in the coming week, there's going to be another lobbying push in favor of immigration reform, but it's going to be by conser
leaders of the party and they want to hold firm not only for their own re-election but to show speaker boehner, to show the senate republicans they're calling the shots. so the key is to change the dynamics in those districts. i think that's where this game can be won so that a very important piece of legislation could pass. otherwise it won't happen. >> "new york times" reported this morning at the moment all the dynamics in the district are pointing towards ways to block it....
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although the obama administration's pushed a bill to change that, it passed the senate last year, speaker boehner opposes it. some version of this bill has been introduced in congress for the past 40 years without success. we'll unpack all of this at the table this morning we have, professor of law and political science at yale university and a constitutional heavyweight. aisha moodie-mills, with the center for american progress, and ana palmer, and ira stole, a former managing editor of the very conservative "new york sun" and a current editor at thefutureofcapitalism.com. he's also the author of "jfk: conservative," a book we have battled over previously in a very conservative tone. i want to welcome you all to the table. i'm very excited about this discussion. i want to start with you, professor. when you look at the precedence here. the supreme court has already looked at these kind of rules, romer v. evans, the famous colorado case that wasn't even close. would these kind of rules in arizona, in your view, even be constitutional if enacted? >> oh, yeah, i think they would be constitutionally
although the obama administration's pushed a bill to change that, it passed the senate last year, speaker boehner opposes it. some version of this bill has been introduced in congress for the past 40 years without success. we'll unpack all of this at the table this morning we have, professor of law and political science at yale university and a constitutional heavyweight. aisha moodie-mills, with the center for american progress, and ana palmer, and ira stole, a former managing editor of the...
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but you have folks like sarah palin and ted cruz who are out there, and john boehner, who are closing down the government. and black people looking at that saying, i don't want that party. >> wait a second. >> and christie wasn't associated with that problem. he beat -- remember, the republican frame was underwater, 57% negative rating. christie was essentially divorced from it in his re-election. he wasn't running on that brand, on sarah palin. >> and i hate to bring reality to the table, but the fact of the matter is the republicans, a, didn't shut the government down. this was the democrats who decided, we want more money -- everything that sarah palin just said is exactly right. we are borrowing money -- >> the debt ceiling is not about money -- >> we are borrowing money. oh, okay. so -- the deficit -- come on, ron. the deficit has been shrinking >> the deficit has been shrinking because of the sequester. >> granted, but all that we did here was to return to sequester levels, right? this was ultimately not a fight about the budget. this was a fight, ultimately, about obama care. i
but you have folks like sarah palin and ted cruz who are out there, and john boehner, who are closing down the government. and black people looking at that saying, i don't want that party. >> wait a second. >> and christie wasn't associated with that problem. he beat -- remember, the republican frame was underwater, 57% negative rating. christie was essentially divorced from it in his re-election. he wasn't running on that brand, on sarah palin. >> and i hate to bring reality...
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and the only reason they didn't take place is because of the speaker john boehner so it's a little hard to take them seriously. >> i don't find it at all hard to take them seriously on the part of education because jill biden teaches at community colleges, they seem to be interested in this question. but the education piece i think is part of it. i'm going to play the president and then ask you a question about what they mean by education. here's what the president thinks education helps us to do. >> it is the key to getting a good job that pays a good income and to provide you the security where even if you don't have the same job for 30 years, you're so adaptable and you have a skill set and the capacity to learn new skills it ensures you're always employable. >> so it's the back end of that that i'm interested in. i wonder about the extent to which the community college thinking of this is the front end of it training you for employment but the part that you need is the back end, which allows you flexibility because most people don't work one job for 30 years anymore. >> exactly. i a
and the only reason they didn't take place is because of the speaker john boehner so it's a little hard to take them seriously. >> i don't find it at all hard to take them seriously on the part of education because jill biden teaches at community colleges, they seem to be interested in this question. but the education piece i think is part of it. i'm going to play the president and then ask you a question about what they mean by education. here's what the president thinks education helps...